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Potential Diabetes Treatment Selectively Kills Autoimmune Cells From Human Patients

Posted on August 26, 2008

August 26, 2008 (Science Daily) - In experiments using blood cells from human patients with diabetes and other autoimmune disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have confirmed the mechanism behind a potential new therapy for type 1 diabetes. A team led by Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, director of the MGH Immunobiology Laboratory, showed that blocking a metabolic pathway regulating the immune system specifically eliminated immune cells that react against a patient's own tissues.Faustman and her colleagues previously discovered a technique that reversed type 1 disease in ...

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